Principal Chromium Developer
Core
Lead software engineering efforts to improve real-world browser performance and benchmarks across the Chromium stack, collaborating with OS, hardware, and browser teams.
Role type
Principal Chromium Performance Engineer (Strategic Lead)
Builds
Optimized browser performance for Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge) and internal forks
Domain
Browser Engineering / System Performance Optimization
Required skills
C++ (modern), Chromium internals (Blink, V8, Skia, GPU/ANGLE), low-level profiling, microarchitectural analysis, debugging complex codebases, cross-platform optimization (Windows/Linux/macOS)
Preferred skills
Active Chromium contributor, compiler optimization (Clang/LLVM), hardware-aware optimization (SIMD, cache topology), mentoring
Technologies
C++, Blink, V8, Skia, ANGLE, Perfetto, ETW, Chrome Tracing, VTune, PIX, GPUView, JetStream, Speedometer
Responsibilities
Profile and optimize performance across Chromium subsystems; Identify CPU, memory, GPU, and power bottlenecks; Implement improvements in rendering, JS execution, and compositing; Collaborate with OS and hardware partners; Contribute upstream patches to Chromium; Document performance investigations
Seniority
Principal, strategic lead with hands-on execution
